Three Mercer County men indicted in separate sex assault cases

TRENTON — Three men were indicted in three separate sexual assault cases, last Wednesday, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s officer.

A Lawrenceville man, Giovanni Baulo, 37, allegedly exposed himself to three young girls as they walked their dog at the White Pine apartment complex last summer. The victims – two 10-year-olds and a 3-year-old – were approached by Baulo, who also lives in the same apartment complex, and began a conversation with the girls about the dog, according to reports.

The conversation turned sexual when the defendant allegedly exposed his penis and touched himself in front of the victims; however there are no allegations that the man actually touched the girls. The girls went home and told their parents, who immediately called police.

Baulo is charged with three counts of sexual assault, lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child and is free on $100,000 bail.

A grand jury charged Gerald Porter, 50, of Ewing with two counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault.

On two separate occasions in March and April 2012, Porter had sexual intercourse with the 27-year-old female victim, who suffers from cerebral palsy, according to the Mercer County Prosecutors office. The defendant allegedly forced the victim to have intercourse during one incident, and forced her to perform oral sex during a separate incident.

Both incidents occurred in the victim’s apartment in Trenton, and she knew the defendant because he led a prayer group in her building. Porter was arrested on May 1, 2012, and remains in jail in lieu of $200,000 bail.

Finally, a grand jury indicted 50-year-old East Windsor resident, Dharmesh Patel for criminal sexual contact. Patel is accused of grabbing the female victim’s breast on Sept. 2, 2012, at the 7-Eleven on Twin Rivers Drive in East Windsor. The accused was the store clerk and the 23-year-old victim was a customer. He was given a summons complaint and will have to appear back in court at a later date.